AP World History Ch. 24 Flashcards

331171694	Mataram	Kingdom that controlled interior regions of Java in 17th century; D E I C paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade at Batavia; weakness fo kingdom after 1670s allowed Dutch to exert control over Java	0
331171697	sepoys	Troops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India.	1
331171709	British Raj	British political establishment in India; developed as a result of the rivalry btw France and Britain in India	2
331171715	Plassey	Battle in 1757 between troops of the B E I C and an Indian army under Siraj ud-daula, ruler of Bengal; British victory resulted in control of northern India	3
331171723	Robert Clive	Architect of British victory at Plassey in 1757; established foundation of British Raj in northern India	4
331171735	presidencies	Three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay	5
331171741	princely states	Domains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; agents of E I C were stationed at the rulers' courts to ensure compliance	6
331171751	nabos	Name given to British representatives of the E I A who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation	7
331171760	Lord Charles Cornwallis	Reformer of the E I A administration of India in the 1790s; reduced power of local British administrators; checked wide spread corruption	8
331171765	Ram Mohun Roy	Western-educated Indian leader, early 19th century; cooperated with British to outlaw sati	9
331171770	Isandhlwana	Location of battle fought in 1879 btw the British and Zulu armies in south Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of few victories over w. Eu by Africans	10
331171780	tropical dependencies	The greater portion of the European emires consisting of Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large populations of non-Western peoples	11
331171791	settlement colonies	Areas, such as North America and Australia, that were both conquered by European invaders and settled by large numbers of European migrants who made the colonized areas their permanent home and dispersed and decimated the indigenous inhabitants	12
331171796	White Dominions	Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population	13
331171811	white racial supremacy	Belief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites	14
331171821	Natal	British colony in south Africa; developed after Boer trek north from Cape Colony; major commercial outpost at Durban	15
331171832	Boer Republics	Transvaal and Orange Free State in southern Africa;established to assert independence of Boer from British colonial gov in Cape Colony in 1850s	16
331171844	Cecil Rhodes	British entrepreneur in south Africa around 1900; manipulated political situation in south Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer republics	17
331171857	Anglo-Boer Wawr	Fought btw 1899 and 1902 over the continued independence of Boer republics; resulted in British victory, but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa	18
331171869	Captain James Cook	Made voyages to Hawaii from 1777 to 1779 resulting in opening of islands to the West;convinced Kamehameha to establish unified kingdom in the islands	19